Cavernous nerve regeneration using acellular nerve grafts

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 333-339

  Connolly, Stephen S ^a   Yoo, James J ^a   Abouheba, Mohamed ^a   Soker, Shay ^a   McDougal, W Scott ^b   Atala, Anthony ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acellular tissue scaffold; Cavernous nerve; Erectile dysfunction; Nerve regeneration; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMORAL NERVE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATECTOMY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMORAL NERVE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PENIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 50249150758     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-008-0283-y     Document Type: Article

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